Wal-mart offering 360 pre-orders for the cheap! [update 2]

by Dustin Burg { Jan 11th 2008 at 2:00PM }

Update 2: Most games are gone, except for: Smash Court Tennis 3 ($39).

Update: Seems like Wal-mart has either caught on to the pricing problem or games are selling out, because certain pre-orders are coming up as "Product Not Found!" errors. Though, some games are still available. Pre-order what you can, it's an online shopping frenzy!

Hurry fanboys! Walmart.com is either starting a new video game pre-order pricing policy or is having some serious pricing issues. Either way, everyone wins! Make like an antelope in heat (whatever that means?) over to Walmart.com's upcoming 360 games list. Once there, you can pre-order most upcoming 360 games for $20-$40 off of retail! We're for serious! Deals like getting Condemned 2 and Dark Sector for $19.82, Frontlines Fuel of War, Turok and LOST for $29.82 or The Club, Army of Two, Burnout Paradise and Devil May Cry 4 for $39.82. Again, these are pre-orders for the games and we have no idea why these are so cheap or if Wal-mart will even honor the prices. So, there's a metaphorical shake of the dice with these offers, but the savings alone may be worth a shot. Pre-order with reckless caution.

[Thanks, Chris Csanyi]

Tags: deals, discounts, walmart

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jonah Falcon @ Jan 11th 2008 2:07PM

WOW.

Acidevil @ Jan 11th 2008 2:08PM

Its over. The "new release" page loads, but you can no longer order.

Jonah Falcon @ Jan 11th 2008 2:10PM

Yeah, I noticed. (sigh)

EVANGELION NERV @ Jan 11th 2008 2:09PM

Wallmart preorder links are gone/down now :*(

Tony @ Jan 11th 2008 2:12PM

They had this for some Wii games too. They'll never honor the price either, none of these places do anymore.

Ben @ Jan 11th 2008 2:27PM

I hope they honor the price!

Mark @ Jan 12th 2008 1:41AM

No, They just canceled they orders. Not even a special email. They just clicked on the "cancel order" buttons for you. I got a email stating they're processing my order cancellation request and then another one saying they completed it.

a weekapaug @ Jan 11th 2008 2:28PM

i got Condemned 2 and Dark Sector for $23.50 a piece after tax and delivery earlier today. We'll see if they actually honor these prices.

a weekapaug @ Jan 11th 2008 2:29PM

i got Condemned 2 and Dark Sector for $23.50 a piece after tax and delivery earlier today. We'll see if they actually honor these prices.

James @ Jan 11th 2008 2:30PM

Culdcept is a budget game; EB also has it for $40. The other price errors *are* pretty cool, though. That's why I sent in a tip about it 2 hours before you posted it (grumble).

I also missed the Smash Brothers Brawl $20 deal (double grumble).

a weekapaug @ Jan 11th 2008 2:31PM

i got Condemned 2 and Dark Sector for $23.50 a piece after tax and delivery earlier today. We'll see if they actually honor these prices.

a weekapaug @ Jan 11th 2008 2:32PM

sorry for the double-post, computer was freaking out for a minute

Mark C. @ Jan 11th 2008 2:32PM

I grabbed Burnout Paradise and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 this morning. Got both for $78 including tax and shipping. THANK YOU WALMART. hehe.

NukeAssault @ Jan 11th 2008 2:33PM

Curses... i would have been all over Dark Sector...

xenocidic @ Jan 11th 2008 2:42PM

Please update us when Walmart tells everyone it was a computer error and refuses to honour the prices =)

Corleone @ Jan 11th 2008 2:43PM

I got in for 2 Smash Bro. and Condemned......Freakin Sweet!!

scotty @ Jan 11th 2008 2:51PM

Luckily I saw this on Kotaku earlier. Got SSBrawl for Wii (21 after shipping) and Vegas 2 for 33 after shipping!

Intentless @ Jan 11th 2008 3:06PM

.... Seriously are people that gullible/ignorant...

Corleone @ Jan 11th 2008 3:11PM

Walmart will honor their pricing online. They have to.

Intentless @ Jan 11th 2008 3:23PM

Yeah... no... If it is for pre-orders specifically they are not held to any pricing listed online. If the product was physically released yes...

They have a statement that states pricing is subject to change blah blah blah... It even mentions errors in pricing do happen... Imagine that... Whatever the case they will contact you prior to the charge and ask if you still want it at the full price.

They either messed up or purposefully made an error to generate sales/buzz.

Intentless @ Jan 11th 2008 3:24PM

DiddlyKong @ Jan 11th 2008 3:10PM

I got 8 Super Smash Bros. and will be selling them for $60 on ebay when they become hard to find.

Acidevil @ Jan 12th 2008 1:39PM

It will be about has hard to find as Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Gamecube now...

todd @ Jan 11th 2008 3:12PM

Damn missed out!!!

Intentless @ Jan 11th 2008 3:15PM

Corleone...

Yeah... no... If it is for pre-orders specifically they are not held to any pricing listed online. If the product was physically released yes...

They have a statement that states pricing is subject to change blah blah blah... It even mentions errors in pricing do happen... Imagine that... Whatever the case they will contact you prior to the charge and ask if you still want it at the full price.

They either messed up or purposefully made an error to generate sales/buzz.

Intentless @ Jan 11th 2008 3:23PM

Intentless @ Jan 11th 2008 3:24PM

Comment system for the win...

R0B3RT @ Jan 11th 2008 3:28PM

Hey no one notice GTA4 IS 10 BUCKS OFF THE SE!!! LOL. thats what i grabed wish i wasn't broke or i would have got more.

Mark C. @ Jan 11th 2008 4:12PM

Does not matter if they change the price. If they do, I cancel the order. Simple as that and I am out.......NOTHING. It makes sense to jump on a possible deal. If they honor the price, then we were smart to jump. If they don't, then it comes as no surprise to me as I fully expect them to pull some kind of excuse out of their behind.

killploki @ Jan 11th 2008 4:15PM

isnt walmart going to make a ton of money off of the interest from the pre-orders? therefor not end up really loosing out in the long run? or did i miss something and no one has put money down yet.

Intentless @ Jan 11th 2008 5:34PM

They don't get the money till the sale occurs...

George Arauz @ Jan 11th 2008 4:29PM

wait.. huh??

FerdC @ Jan 11th 2008 9:50PM

Don't worry if you missed out. Walmart is cancelling most orders. I ordered 2 360 games, 1 PS3 game and Smash Bros but Walmart sent me an email that indicated they were cancelling my order. Funny thing is though they didn't cancel the entire order. They let me have Smash Bros still for $19. Knew it was too good to be true but I'll take one out of 4. Better than nothing.

Eric @ Jan 11th 2008 10:39PM

My order has been canceled as of a few minutes ago.

Dear (my name),

The item(s) listed below from order (#) have been canceled.

===========================================================
CANCELED ITEM(S)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Order Date: 11 JAN 2008 09:08
Order Number: #

ITEM QTY PRICE TOTAL
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Condemned 2:Bloodshot Xbox 360 1 19.82 19.82
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 1 19.82 19.82
Dark Sector Xbox 360 1 19.82 19.82

FerdC @ Jan 11th 2008 11:11PM

NOT HAPPY!!!!! Walmart realized they missed one and cancelled the rest of my order. Walmart won't be getting my business any more, that's for sure.

Mark C. @ Jan 11th 2008 10:50PM

Time for everyone to hit the Better Business Bureau. If this were in the store, they would be obligated by law to sell you the item for the listed price.

UNSCleric @ Jan 12th 2008 1:27AM

No they wouldn't. This is the equivalent of a typo in the Sunday ads.

gs @ Jan 12th 2008 10:58AM

Yep, everything is getting canceled. My 3 games were canceled this morning.

Smacksmackums @ Jan 12th 2008 5:54PM

These guys should update the post again saying that all the orders are being canceled.

I don't see what the big deal is. Did you actually expect them to honor those low prices?

Pricing mistakes happen all the time online and the websites have specific language on them to protect from the errors. They are not obligated to honor pricing mistakes online.